On This Day: President Obama prays with Christian leaders in the Blue Room of the White House, prior to the Easter Prayer Breakfast, April 6, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today
10:30 AM ET: The First Family attend the White House Easter Egg Roll
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On This Day
On This Day: Sen. Barack Obama talks on his cell phone outside of the Senate chamber during a cloture vote on the immigration reform bill on April 6, 2006, on Capitol Hill
Sen. Barack Obama talks on his cell phone outside of the Senate chamber during a cloture vote on the immigration reform bill on April 6, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington
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President Obama speaks with National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones following a reception with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and heads of state attending the Alliance of Civilizations Dinner April 6, 2009, at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey (Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama talks to Coach Mike Krzyzewski, who led Duke to win the NCAA Men’s Division One Basketball Championship, in the Oval Office, April 6, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)
The Mount Ennon Baptist Church Children’s Chorus, from Clinton, Md., perform at an Easter Prayer Breakfast with Christian leaders in the East Room of the White House, April 6, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama walks to an outdoor meeting with, from left, Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor, Dan Pfeiffer, communications director, Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff, and Bob Bauer, counsel to the President, in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 6, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with staff in the Oval Office following a late night meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the budget, April 6, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; and Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer (Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, bottom right, meet with Members on Congress to discuss the Joining Forces military families initiative in the Map Room of the White House, April 6, 2011 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Filmmaker Spike Lee uses his iPad to photograph President Obama as he greets guests at the National Action Network’s Keepers of the Dream awards gala in New York, N.Y., April 6, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden greet participants during a roundtable meeting with military spouses, veterans, and volunteers to discuss the Joining Forces military families initiative in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, April 6, 2011 (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden talk to AFPS reporter Elaine Sanchez about “Joining Forces,” the new White House initiative to raise awareness about the challenges facing military families, in the Map Room at the White House, April 6, 2011
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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Passover Seder Dinner for family, staff and friends, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, April 6, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Passover Seder Dinner for family, staff and friends, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, April 6, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
Hey, Jackie. My Easter went well. I made pot roast and garlic mashed potatoes along with some veggies. It was pretty good. Less pain this morning but fell asleep not long after posting a comment here. SMH. That’s why my reply to you is late. 🙂
LIVE with Kelly and Michael are airing their whole show from the White House today and will be interviewing First Lady Michelle Obama so don’t forget to tune in.
This guy is the VP of Communications for a University?! Wow.
Exactly. His dad is @JohnOakey7 and is a newscaster for KETV and based on the tweets on his timeline, he approves of his son looking at the skirt lengths of children. The apple truly didn’t fall far from the tree.
Morning all. Can’t wait to hear about the fun at the White House today. Yesterday was a lovely day with family and I’m ready for a holiday–the kind that requires nothing but lying in the sun near the beach.
Well, to be fair, if I could afford it, I’d hire Michelle Obama’s image guru because no one on this planet looks as good as she does. Of course, gurus aren’t magicians and there would be a limit to how much he could accomplish with me since FLOTUS has such great basic material and is ..ahem….several years younger. See how I didn’t mention HRC here.
PF, you can’t imagine how disappointed I am. I had hoped Kathleen Kane would challenge Toomey, but now that dream is shattered. Just hope she doesn’t sour the chances of any other Democratic AG.
i know..i do not know if she did anything wrong…but an attorney general has to be above reproach…what about this do folks not get….
what do you think about Sestax chances of unseating
Toomey…i saw a tweet over the weekend that related how Rendell was endorsing Sestax over Toomey…Imagine that…
My comment is that my Entirely Unrealistic wish is that POTUS and FLOTUS people would avoid lady Walmart.
However—-consultants are mercenaries, hired guns, and they go to whoever pays them.
If Jeb Bush is Spanish, then I am Chinese. Unless George HW Bush had a fling in South America, Jeb is the child of George and Barbara, just as I am the child of two very definite Italian/Americans. I wonder if he’ll self-identify as Asian Pacific next or maybe he’s really African American. George HW Bush may have had more to him than meets the eye.
Exactly. It’s hilarious seeing conservatives and some reporters on Twitter, twist themselves into pretzel like shapes trying to come up with excuses that don’t sound ludicrous. If this was a Democrat, they’d be screaming. Remember Elizabeth Warren and her Native American ancestry?
Regarding Elizabeth Warren and her Native American background…….almost everyone who was born in Oklahoma between 1900 and now has some Native American genealogy. The uproar always showed an ignorance of a particular part of the country to me. The belittlers needed to do some reading and investigating before jumping on her. Evidently she didn’t have enough Native American to be enrolled on the lists, but I imagine she has some in her background. Jeb on the other hand…….is pandering, as Bushes always do.
Warren didn’t declare this to gain advantage but to learn more of her heritage. You are absolutely correct about the levels of Native American ancestry for people born in Oklahoma after 1900. I had a friend who was on the Cherokee rolls who explained all of this to me.
hope you are still on line. Now I understand your passion for Manchester United. Yesterday ESPN was showing The Magic of the FA Cup – Manchester United’s Greatest Games. They were really good. Saw some spectacular goals. The best was from Giggs after being tackled by about 10 others. Of course the first game I saw was against Chelsea (3-0) to Manchester of course. Therewe were goals from Rooney and Beckham. Please Nerdy, do not put me in spam.
I bet ESPN didn’t show you the hundreds of games Man United lost. Wouldn’t have made for good ratings. If your comments begin disappearing, you’ll know why. The only team that is great is Chelsea and that’s why we’re number one and are on our way to winning another Premier League title.
Speaking on Sunday on CNN, Mr Netanyahu said: “Not a single centrifuge is destroyed. Not a single nuclear facility is shut down, including the underground facilities that they build illicitly. Thousands of centrifuges will keep spinning, enriching uranium. That’s a very bad deal.”
But Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a possible Republican presidential candidate, said it was “probably the best deal that Barack Obama could get with the Iranians” and that he would wait to see how the final agreement looked before passing judgement.
“I don’t mind giving the administration the time between now and June to put this deal together,” he told CBS.
The Obama Diary 
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G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone, and congrats Sir Don on #1! Happy Easter Monday everyone 🙂
Mooooooooooooooooorning Don, moooooooooorning everyone!
Mornin’
Hi, GOB, I hope your Easter went well. How are you doing this morning?
Hey, Jackie. My Easter went well. I made pot roast and garlic mashed potatoes along with some veggies. It was pretty good. Less pain this morning but fell asleep not long after posting a comment here. SMH. That’s why my reply to you is late. 🙂
Morning, Chips and TOD.
LIVE with Kelly and Michael are airing their whole show from the White House today and will be interviewing First Lady Michelle Obama so don’t forget to tune in.
This guy is the VP of Communications for a University?! Wow.
“This guy is the VP of Communications for a University?”
That’s the affirmative action that’s never documented or discussed…
Exactly. His dad is @JohnOakey7 and is a newscaster for KETV and based on the tweets on his timeline, he approves of his son looking at the skirt lengths of children. The apple truly didn’t fall far from the tree.
Wonder how much time this guy spends eying the ‘skirt lengths’ of the women at his college. What a creep!
Morning all. Can’t wait to hear about the fun at the White House today. Yesterday was a lovely day with family and I’m ready for a holiday–the kind that requires nothing but lying in the sun near the beach.
🙂 Morning Jackie! I had Danny out early this morning, the most glorious day – and he met Kenzie his girlfriend. So, life is perfect!
Aww..is she a ‘steady.’ or does Danny like to play a wide field?
She’s steady-ish, Jackie – although she had her friend Holly with her today and Danny was making eyes in her direction. It almost turned ugly.
like owner, like dog.
Are you calling us unfaithful or are you alleging I’m attracted to husky dogs? Either way, I am hurt.
I report, you decide.
😆
Looks like it’s going to be a fun day at the WH!
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😆 It was heroic of you to say nothing, Hopefruit!
Well, to be fair, if I could afford it, I’d hire Michelle Obama’s image guru because no one on this planet looks as good as she does. Of course, gurus aren’t magicians and there would be a limit to how much he could accomplish with me since FLOTUS has such great basic material and is ..ahem….several years younger. See how I didn’t mention HRC here.
hahahah,,,
on a more somber note….Looks like Kane is in trouble…..
PF, you can’t imagine how disappointed I am. I had hoped Kathleen Kane would challenge Toomey, but now that dream is shattered. Just hope she doesn’t sour the chances of any other Democratic AG.
i know..i do not know if she did anything wrong…but an attorney general has to be above reproach…what about this do folks not get….
what do you think about Sestax chances of unseating
Toomey…i saw a tweet over the weekend that related how Rendell was endorsing Sestax over Toomey…Imagine that…
x2
Why is she running again? Isn’t the goopers who have the tradition of losers – mcangry/mittbot/sickrantorum – running again & again?
Oh, that’s right, she is a gooper lite.
My comment is that my Entirely Unrealistic wish is that POTUS and FLOTUS people would avoid lady Walmart.
However—-consultants are mercenaries, hired guns, and they go to whoever pays them.
Hillary thinks if she hires all of the Obama’s staff, she’ll have the same kind of win. OPTICS.
Good luck to HRC if that is what she thinks. Consultants work with what they have: What PBO had is a universe away from the campaign-in-waiting.
There’s pandering and then there’s….whoa.
If Jeb Bush is Spanish, then I am Chinese. Unless George HW Bush had a fling in South America, Jeb is the child of George and Barbara, just as I am the child of two very definite Italian/Americans. I wonder if he’ll self-identify as Asian Pacific next or maybe he’s really African American. George HW Bush may have had more to him than meets the eye.
Exactly. It’s hilarious seeing conservatives and some reporters on Twitter, twist themselves into pretzel like shapes trying to come up with excuses that don’t sound ludicrous. If this was a Democrat, they’d be screaming. Remember Elizabeth Warren and her Native American ancestry?
But Elizabeth was a democrat – the media loves another Bush GOPer – doesn’t matter how he lies.
LOL, jackie
WHAT?
Regarding Elizabeth Warren and her Native American background…….almost everyone who was born in Oklahoma between 1900 and now has some Native American genealogy. The uproar always showed an ignorance of a particular part of the country to me. The belittlers needed to do some reading and investigating before jumping on her. Evidently she didn’t have enough Native American to be enrolled on the lists, but I imagine she has some in her background. Jeb on the other hand…….is pandering, as Bushes always do.
Warren didn’t declare this to gain advantage but to learn more of her heritage. You are absolutely correct about the levels of Native American ancestry for people born in Oklahoma after 1900. I had a friend who was on the Cherokee rolls who explained all of this to me.
It’s Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’ in America! How Y’all Doin’? 😀
Dudette, if you could bottle that spirit of enthusiasm and sell it, you’d be a billionaire and I’d be your first customer.
Hi jg! Still working on the packaging! 😀
OMG!!!!!!! 😆
the real question is, why plush red fabric?
I don’t want to think about that, really.
#wimp
LOL!
What a gal😄
shrub’s stay-the-course = illegal wars
kenyan’s stay-the-course = sanity
Amen!
Big props to Keith Ellison who is one of the smartest and most insightful members of Congress. Also he doesn’t hesitate to give praise where it’s due.
yes….i found this this morning…brightened my day
Great tweet!
🙂
Good West Coast Morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Great pics!
Gooooooooooooal morning GGail!
Gooooooooooooooooooal morning Chips 😊
Your laugh for the day. Politico? He lost. You will deal.
What sad sacks they are, nursing their little grievances like superannuated adolescents. It must suck to work at Politico.
Good for mittens,
On his tombstone is should read:
Here lies Mitt Romney, he had a better bracket than President Barack Obama.
😆 What an epitaph!!
Hi Chips,
hope you are still on line. Now I understand your passion for Manchester United. Yesterday ESPN was showing The Magic of the FA Cup – Manchester United’s Greatest Games. They were really good. Saw some spectacular goals. The best was from Giggs after being tackled by about 10 others. Of course the first game I saw was against Chelsea (3-0) to Manchester of course. Therewe were goals from Rooney and Beckham. Please Nerdy, do not put me in spam.
🙂 Joy, what joyful memories! And I am ecstatic to see you have such exquisite footballing taste!!
I bet ESPN didn’t show you the hundreds of games Man United lost. Wouldn’t have made for good ratings. If your comments begin disappearing, you’ll know why. The only team that is great is Chelsea and that’s why we’re number one and are on our way to winning another Premier League title.
Don’t mind her Joy, I’ll come and rescue you 🙂
Thanks Chips, did not mean to start a war.
A beautiful war, though – glad we’re in the same army 🙂
old
wivestales.Chris Matthews slams GOP Ron Christie for shamelessness on Iran deal and historical ignorance
David Axlerod also in the video
The First Lady is on Kelly and Michael this morning.
Encouraging!!!!!…. 🙂
Awww….our Malia is driving in DC! 🙂
❤
is it halloween already?
I think Pete is trolling Hopefruit now.
snowden !1!1!1
what??? just in case, you forgot a great public servant.
Yay!
Don’t forget, Live with Kelly and Michael will broadcast from the White House and will interview FLOTUS.
Love that Mrs. Obama modernized this room.
Speaking on Sunday on CNN, Mr Netanyahu said: “Not a single centrifuge is destroyed. Not a single nuclear facility is shut down, including the underground facilities that they build illicitly. Thousands of centrifuges will keep spinning, enriching uranium. That’s a very bad deal.”
But Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a possible Republican presidential candidate, said it was “probably the best deal that Barack Obama could get with the Iranians” and that he would wait to see how the final agreement looked before passing judgement.
“I don’t mind giving the administration the time between now and June to put this deal together,” he told CBS.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32194275
forget what mcangry’s bff said. he is a a possible Republican presidential candidate????
when ??? how ??? why ???
Thousands of centrifuges will keep spinning, enriching uranium.
Not to the – 90 % required for weapons, right ?
Correct, LInda.
nut n yahoo? meh.
Chris Christie is entering pres race? What?
What a complete a**!
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/06/the-white-house-easter-egg-roll/